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Mesoscale Discussion 2373

October 29, 2004Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 47 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 29, 2004, 7:05 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 47 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2004, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Adair County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Greene County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 8:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, McDonald, Stone89 min
Oct 29, 9:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Scotland88 min
Oct 29, 9:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Camden, Chariton, Clark, Cooper and 17 more31 min
Oct 29, 10:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChristian, Stone67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.